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We have gone into this work in the spirit of public sector reform and making the best use of our shared public resources with our partners, and the appetite for that among our SCIP partners has been tremendous.
Although it is now 14 January, I offer best wishes to everyone for the new year.I have apologies from Richard Lyle, for whom Dennis Robertson is substituting—welcome, Dennis.
I am particularly interested in the effect of SDS on working conditions for personal assistants and care workers, so Pam Duncan might be the best person to respond. Does SDS affect your PAs’ working conditions given the level of funding that you have for employing seven people?
We have a note about the matter and some background information on it. It is probably best if we clarify it for the committee in writing, if that is acceptable.
That takes us back to a question that I asked before: is it best to put a timetable in statute or is it best for the Government to put in statute a requirement for the Electoral Management Board to produce a timetable, which would provide more flexibility?
In the first instance, I would like the Parliament to advise and guide on whether there really should be a baseline service and what that service should be. That would be the best start. Thank you. That was very helpful.
John Finnie wants to talk about stopping places, and then Marco Biagi wants to ask about the media.09:45 We have been trying to establish how best we can allow Travellers to continue with their lifestyle as safely for them as possible.